India, July 14 -- It is a positive shift that serious flagship smartphone portfolios, are no longer complete unless there is a genuinely compact option available for consumers who don't exactly like large slab phones. There's the Xiaomi 15, then came the OnePlus 13s, and now, Vivo's adding the X200 FE to its X-series flagship line-up that in India also includes the X200 Pro, the X200 and the upcoming X Fold5 foldable. Across the competition landscape, the 6.3-inch screen sizes (or thereabouts) are common, and yet, enough care taken to ensure these don't fall short in terms of the specs albeit some see slight realignments in approach, and therefore experience.

The foundations of a compact phone are found in reworking the innards alongside...